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Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 Highlights

Looking back on 2017, it's been a pretty good year around here! As the year comes to a close, here's a look at some of the highlights.

We enjoyed several fantastic trips, including a Spring Break trip to Vicksburg & New Orleans, our 14-day Europe Trip to Amsterdam, Paris & London, and a week in the Smoky Mountains to celebrate Christmas and our 16th Anniversary. We returned home at 1:30 this morning after a week spent mostly just relaxing!

In between our travels, Robbie had a busy year at work and once again has been part of a successful sale as the company he works with has been acquired by an international corporation. That acquisition will be finalized in the coming weeks, so we are anxious to see what 2018 will hold for him as the transition takes place.

We enjoyed quite a few get-togethers with family this year. We celebrated my parent's 51st wedding anniversary and helped Robbie's mom move back to Ohio after she lost her home in Hurricane Harvey. Robbie's brother and his family joined us for the spring break trip and a few days in Tennessee this past week. We met up with my sister and her family quite a few times as we dropped off and picked up the twins for their summer visits and recently celebrated my niece Nichole's graduation as she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management. I'm so proud of her and might have shed a few tears when she walked into the graduation ceremony wearing a Magna Cum Laude medal (and my Beta Gamma Sigma stole).

A huge highlight for me this year was teaching my twin nieces to ice-skate over the summer and then getting to ice skate with all four of my nieces (and one step-great-niece) a few weeks ago! My sister even bought us all matching infinity scarves!

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